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_bMCG/M
100 1 _aMcGregor, Andrew James
245 1 2 _aA military history of modern Egypt: from the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War/
_cAndrew McGregor.
260 _aWestport, Conn. :
_bPraeger Security International,
_c2006.
300 _avi, 312 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-297) and index.
505 _aTable of Contents Introduction -- Egypt's Military Legacy: The Ancient and Mediaeval worlds -- 1517: The Ottoman Empire Conquers Egypt -- Battle for the Pyramids: Napoleon's Invasion -- The Ambition of Muhammad 'Ali: 1803-1820 -- War on the Nile: Egypt takes the Sudan -- Egypt in the Greek Revolution -- Rebellion against the Sultan: The Syrian Campaigns and the Conquest of Arabia -- The Egyptian Empire at War: Crimea, Mexico and Crete -- Feds and Rebels in the Egyptian Empire: The Abyssinian Campaign -- Egypt and the Russo-Turkish War: 1877-78 -- The Military Revolt of 'Urabi Pasha and the British Occupation -- Defeat in the Sudan: The Mahdi Triumphs Over the 'Turks' -- For Britain or Egypt? : The Anglo-Egyptian Army Retakes the Sudan -- Betwixt and Between: Egypt's Role in the First World War -- Mutinies and Nationalism in the Post-War Egyptian Army -- Europe's Battleground: Egypt in the Second World War -- The Army takes charge: The failure of 1948, The 'Free Officers Movement' of the 1950s and the Suez Crisis -- The Yemen Adventure: Nasser exports the Revolution -- The Arab-Israeli Wars: 1967-1973 -- Glossary -- Bibliography
651 0 _aEgypt
_xHistory, Military.
942 _cWB16